on being asian - by Ava - bookbear express

According to the NYPD, anti-Asian hate crimes rose 1,900% in New York last year. Influencers post graphics that say “Stop hate crimes against Asian-Americans” on their Instagram Stories. I am currently residing in a ski town in Utah, the whitest place I have ever lived. I’ve been thinking lately about how I don’t have a clearly defined narrative for my Asian identity. Actually, I’ve been thinking about how there’s no clearly defined narrative for Asian-Americans at all.

According to the NYPD, anti-Asian hate crimes rose 1,900% in New York last year. Influencers post graphics that say “Stop hate crimes against Asian-Americans” on their Instagram Stories. I am currently residing in a ski town in Utah, the whitest place I have ever lived. I’ve been thinking lately about how I don’t have a clearly defined narrative for my Asian identity. Actually, I’ve been thinking about how there’s no clearly defined narrative for Asian-Americans at all. My parents were born in China during the Cultural Revolution, in 1968. They grew up in Heilongjiang, China’s northernmost…

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